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For the Portuguese translation of Unsavory Truth: Uma Verdade Indigesta

3:00 p.m.  Talk and Q and A with students and researchers.  Faculdade de Saúde Pública da USP – Auditório João Yunes. Av. Dr. Arnaldo, 715

7:30 – 9:30  Book launch talk. SESC – R. Dr. Plínio Barreto, 285 – 4º andar – Bela Vista. The talk is free, but register at this link.

Talks on “Uma verdade indigesta: como a indústria de alimentos distorce a ciência sobre o que comemos”

4:00 p.m.  Meeting with journalists at Conselho Feral de Nutrição: SCN – Qd. 1 – Bl. E – Ed. Central Park.

6:00 – 8:30 Book launch at University of Brasilia – Auditório 2 – Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde

“Uma verdade indigesta: como a indústria de alimentos distorce a ciência sobre o que comemos”

2:00 pm:  State University of Rio de Janeiro followed by Q&A.  Auditório 111 da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Uerj)

7pm: book launch.  Livraria Blooks – Praia de Botafogo, 316- Botafogo

I am speaking at a conference sponsored by UNICEF on “Understanding Conflicts of interest and its impact on public health policy,” organized by the UNICEF China Office, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Beijing Representative Office, and the National Institute of Nutrition and Health of China CDC.  IT will be held at  the Beijing Landmark Hotel.  My talk will be from 1:30 – 2:20 p.m.

I’m joining food historians Jane Ziegelman and Andrew Coe for the last session of their “Serious Side of Reading” series in connection with the exhibit on “Feeding the City: The Unpublished WPA Federal Writers’ Project Manuscript.”  This is at 5:30 p.m. at the NYC Department of Records and Information Services , 31 Chambers Street, Rebecca Rankin Reading Room, Suite 111.  RSVP here.

This is at the New School, 63 5th Ave.  My panel, on social media and online media, is at 11:15 a.m.  The schedule and registration information are here.

This will be at the annual Congress.  My talk, on “How food companies skew the science of what we eat,” will be from 11:30 to 12:00 at the Grand Auditorium of Culturegest Lisboa.

I’m participating in a panel discussion with authors of books about conflicts of interest.  I’m talking about Unsavory Truth.  Other participants:

• Moderator: Mark Crispin Miller
• Sheldon Krimsky (Tufts) GMOs Decoded (MIT Press); Conflicts of Interest in Science (Skyhorse Publishing)
• Mary Holland (NYU) Kim Rosenberg & Eileen Torio.  HPV Vaccine on Trial (Skyhorse Publishing)
• Jonathan Marks (Penn State). The Perils of Partnership: Industry Influence, Institutional Integrity & Public Health (Oxford University Press).
• Mitchel Cohen (Independent). The Politics of Pesticides: The Fight Against Monsanto’s Roundup. (Skyhorse Publishing).

This is from 3-5 p.m., Furman Hall (245 Sullivan Street, between Washington Square  South  & W 3rd St), Room 315.  For more information, click here.